Licinius II

Licinius II, also called Licinius Junior (Latin: Valerius Licinianus Licinius; – ), After losing a civil war, his father lost power and both he and Licinius Junior were eventually put to death.

Family and background Licinius I married Flavia Julia Constantia, daughter of the augustus Constantius Chlorus and augusta Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and thus a half-sister of the augustus Constantine I. They wed at Mediolanum (Milan) in February 313. Three years later, Constantine attacked Licinius in the Cibalensean War. Constantine defeated Licinius at the Battle of Cibalae at Cibalae (Vinkovci) in Pannonia Secunda on the 8 October 316 and again at the Battle of Mardia near Hadrianopolis in Haemimontus (Edirne).

While the augustus Licinius marched against Constantine in 316, Licinius II was left with his mother and the augustus 's treasury at Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica). After Licinius was defeated by Constantine at the Battle of Cibalae, and lost two thirds of his army, he fled to Sirmium and thence to Singidunum (Belgrade), where he crossed the river Sava and destroyed the bridge to delay Constantine's pursuit of him.

Licinius is said by Themistius to have been educated by the grammaticus, and later consul, Flavius Optatus. The largitio bowls were decorated with portraits of the two emperors, with inscriptions celebrating the quinquennalia of Licinius II as well as a vota (vow of good rulership) for a decennalia. Licinius the Elder retired to Thessalonica as a private citizen. Immediately after his father's defeat and capitulation the Licinius II was stripped of the title of caesar. Constantine seems to have regretted his leniency and the former augustus was hanged in the spring of 325. The former augustus had been accused of plotting to renew hostilities and was executed on this pretext, real or imagined. Like his father, Licinius II was the subject of a posthumous damnatio memoriae and their names were expunged from official inscriptions.